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Agave
Agricultural supplies, general/other
Air
Alfalfa
Almond
Animal research, general
Annual grasses, other
Apple
Aquatic plants
Arboreta and botanical gardens
Atmosphere, general/other
Bacteria
Baitfish (minnows and shiners)
Banana
Barley
Beans (dry)
Beans (fresh, fresh-processed)
Bedding/garden plants
Beef cattle, general/other
Beef cattle, live animal
Berries and cane fruits, other
Biological Cell Systems
Blueberry
Broadleaf forests of the South
Butter
Canola
Carrot
Catfish
Cheese
Chemurgic Crops
Cherry
Chinese tallow
Citrus, general/other
Clams and mussels
Climate
Cocoa
Coffee
Cole crops (includes cabbage, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
Conifer forests of the North
Conifer forests of the South
Conifer forests of the West
Cool season perennial grasses (includes bluegrass, bromegrass, fescue)
Corn (for sweetcorn use 1480)
Cotton, other
Cottonseed (for meal, oil, etc.)
Cranberry
Crawfish
Cross-commodity research--multiple animal species
Cross-commodity research--multiple crops
Cucumber
Cucurbits, other (includes pumpkin, squash, gourd)
Cultured aquatic animals, general/other
Cut flowers, foliage, and greens
Dairy cattle, general/other
Dairy cattle, live animal
Date
Deciduous and small fruits, general/other
Deciduous tree fruits, other
Desert and semidesert shrub land and shinnery
Domestic and community water supply facilities and systems
Drainage and irrigation facilities and systems
Duck and goose, live animal
Durum wheat
Economy, general/other
Edible tree nuts, general/other
Egg-type chicken, live animal
Eggplant
Eggs
Endangered species
Experimental design and statistical methods
Feed and feed additives
Fertilizers
Fiber crops, general/other
Filbert
Finfish
Fish habitats
Flax
Florist crops, other
Food (not readily associated with specific plant and animal products)
Forage legumes, other
Freshwater shrimp
Fungi (includes yeast)
General Commodity
General technology
Goats, meat and mohair
Grain crops, general/other (includes buckwheat, millet, triticale)
Grain sorghum
Grapefruit
Grapes, other
Grasslands, other
Greens and leafy vegetables (includes endive, lettuce, spinach)
Ground covers
Guayule
Gums
Hard red spring wheat
Hard red winter wheat
Hard white wheat
Hemp
Herbaceous perennials and decorative greens
Honey bees
Hops
Horses, ponies, and mules
Ice cream
Individuals (as workers, consumers, members of society)
Insects
Invertebrates, general/other
Kiwi
Laboratory animals
Land
Leguminous vegetables, other
Lemon
Lentil
Long fiber cotton
Machinery and equipment
Mango
Marine shrimp
Marketing, processing, and supply firms other than cooperatives
Meat, beef cattle
Meat, dairy cattle
Meat, sheep
Meat, swine
Meat-type chicken, live animal
Melons (includes cantaloupe, muskmelon, watermelon)
Microorganisms, general/other
Milk
Mint
Miscellaneous and new crops, general/other
Mountain grasslands, meadow, and alpine
Mushrooms and other edible fungi
Narcotic plants
Nectarine
Nematodes
Noncrop plant research
Nonfarm structures and related facilities, including those used in
Oats
Oilseed and oil crops, general/other
Onion, garlic, leek, shallot
Orange
Ornamental trees and shrubs
Ornamentals and turf, general/other (includes cacti)
Other animals, general
Other beef cattle products
Other bees (non-Apis bees)
Other cultured finfish
Other dairy cattle products
Other non-bee pollinators, general
Other poultry products
Other swine products
Oysters
Papaya
Parks and urban green space
Pasture
Pasture and forage crops, general/other
Peach
Peanut
Pear
Peas (dry)
Peas (fresh, fresh-processed)
Pecan
People and communities, general/other
Peppers
Perennial grasses, other
Pesticides (includes herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
Pineapple
Pinyon-juniper
Plant research, general
Plum
Potato
Potted plants
Poultry meat
Poultry, general/other
Protozoa
Raisin grapes
Rangelands and grasslands, general
Rangelands, other
Raspberry
Red clover
Remote sensing equipment and technology
Research equipment and methods, general/other
Research on research management (not research management per se)
Rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, and root crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Rice
River basins
Rubber, gum, and resin plants, other
Rye
Salmon
Seeds and other plant propagules
Sensory evaluation/analysis methods (human senses)
Sewage and waste disposal facilities and systems
Sheep and wool, general/other
Sheep, live animal
Shellfish
Soft red wheat
Soft white wheat (includes club, western)
Soil
Soil and land, general
Solanaceous and related crops, general/other (for potato use 1310)
Solar radiation
Soybean
Spiders, mites, ticks, and other arthropods
Strawberry
Striped bass
Structures, facilities, and equipment, general/other
Sugar beet
Sugar cane
Sugar crops, general/other
Summer annual grasses (includes forage sorghums, sudangrass, sorghum)
Sunflower
Sweet potato
Sweet sorghum
Sweetcorn
Swine, general/other
Swine, live animal
Table grapes
Taro
Tea
The family and its members
The farm as an enterprise
Tilapia
Tomato
Trees, forests, and forest products, general
Tropical/subtropical fruit, general/other
Trout
Turf (includes bentgrass, bermudagrass, bluegrass, dichondra, fescue)
Turkey, live animal
Upland cotton
Vegetables, general/other
Viroids, mycoplasmas, spiroplasmas, etc.
Viruses
Walnut
Warm season perennial grasses (includes dallisgrass, bluestems)
Water resources
Watersheds
Watersheds and river basins, general
Weather
Weeds
Wetland and riparian systems
Wheat, other
Wild animals
Wildlife and natural fisheries, general/other
Wildlife habitats
Wine grapes
Winter annual legumes (includes subterranean clover, arrowleaf clover)
Wood and wood products
Wool fiber
Ornamental trees and shrubs
item A Genomic Tool To Improve Insecticide Efficacy and Facilitate Genetic Control Technologies for Spotted Wing Drosophila
item Advancement of Intelligent Spray Technology into Greenhouse Crop Production
item Advancing Establishment of an Introduced Parasitoid for Biocontrol of Drosophila suzukii in Mid-Atlantic States
item Advancing the Symbiont Strategy as a Solution to Citrus Greening Disease
item Assessment of a Sprayer Retrofitted with Stereo Vision Guided Variable Rate Control System for Pesticide Efficacy and System Durability
item Assessment of Smoke Exposure Impacts on Grape and Wine Quality and Techniques for Mitigation in the Vineyard and in the Winery
item Bio-based Solutions for Sustainable Insect Pest Management in Urban Agriculture and Landscapes
item Biological Control of Emerald Ash Borer in the State of Vermont
item Biorational Management of Invasive Pests that Threaten U.S. Subtropical Agriculture
item Biosurveillance of Small Fruit and Horticultural Crops Using Aerial Sampling and Metagenomic Approaches
item Biotechnology Innovations for Nursery and Floriculture Crops
item Breeding Hazelnuts Resistant to Eastern Filbert Blight
item CAP: Fast Selection, Assessment, and Delivery of HLB-Resistant/Tolerant Citrus Variants as New Scion and Rootstock Cultivars
item Characterizing and Managing Pathogen Populations Associated with Ornamental Crops Grown in California
item Characterizing and Utilizations of SHRS-NPGS Germplasm to Address the Problems of the Southeastern United States
item Characterizing Newly Emerging Hybrids of the Sudden Oak Death Pathogen
item Citrus Black Spot – What is the Risk of Dispersal of Inoculum in FL in Relation to Current Quarantine Measures?
item Collaborative Research to Control Thrips and Orthotospoviruses
item Collecting Diverse California Incense-cedar Provenances to Evaluate Adaptability to Southeastern United States
item Communication Development for the Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative
item Conservation, Management, Characterization, and Distribution of Subtropical and Tropical Ornamental Genetic Resources
item Control Citrus Huanglongbing by Using the Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and its Expression System
item Controlling Citrus Huanglongbing by Using the Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and It's Expression System
item Controlling Citrus Huanglongbing by Using the Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and Its Expression System
item Controlling Citrus Huanglongbing by Using the Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and Its Expression System
item Controlling Citrus Huanglongbing by Using the Citrus Isolate of Nectarine Marafivirus M and Its Expression System
item Crapemyrtle Germplasm Enhancement
item Curation, Modernization, and Information Management of the U.S. National Arboretum Herbarium Collections
item Cytogenetic characterization of advanced horticultural plant selections
item Detection of Phytophthora Infections in West Coast Nurseries
item Detection, Biology, and Genomics of New and Emerging Viral and Bacterial Diseases of Ornamental Plants
item Develop Dose-Response Metrics of Wildfire Smoke Exposure Across Wine Grape Cultivars
item Develop Monitoring Tools Such As Identifying Pheromones for Western Flower Thrips and Grey Garden Slug
item Developing an Integrated Pest Management Program for Thrips Parvispinus (Karny) on Ornamental Crops in the Southeastern U.S.
item Developing On-Plant Biofactory System to Produce Therapeutic Molecules Used to Treat Citrus Greening Disease
item Developing Sustainable Rose Landscapes via RRD Assessments and Breeding RRD Resistant Roses with Stable Blackspot Resistance
item Developing, Harmonizing and Extending IPM strategies for Major Arthropod Groups and New Invasive Pests of Ornamental and Floriculture Production
item Development of a Biologically-Based Control Method for Spotted Lanternfly and Box Tree Moth
item Development of Biological Control Methods for Control of Spotted Lanternfly
item Development of Novel Microbial-Based Biological Controls for Insect Pests in the Northeast Area
item Digital Horticulture Tools for Ornamental and Small Fruit Crops
item Disease Management in Small Fruit and Nursery Crops Based on Knowledge of Pathogen Diversity, Biology, and Environmental Effects
item Elucidating Cultivar-Dependent Tolerance to Grapevine Leafroll-Associated Virus 3 in Vitis Vinifera Cultivars
item Enhancing Pollination in Blueberries by Improving Honey Bee Health and Colony Strength
item Enhancing Sustainability and Efficiency of Nursery Production in the Southeast U.S.
item Enhancing Sustainability and Efficiency of Nursery Production in the Southeast U.S.
item Establishing Agronomic and Pest Management Practices for Vegetable, Specialty Crops, and Fruit Growers while Improving Pollinator Health
item Evaluating the Effectiveness of Cryotherapy Protocols for Virus Elimination in Pacific Northwest Berry Crops
item Evaluating the Performance of a Variable Rate Orchard Sprayer with a Stereo Vision System
item Evaluation and Validation of Internal Controls for Molecular Diagnostic Assays
item Evaluation of Native and Underutilized Woody Ornamental Nursery Crops for Breeding and Production Potential
item Evaluation of the Risk of Huanglongbing in Cold-Hardy Citrus Production Systems
item Expand Toxicants and Refine Attract-and-Kill for Spotted-Wing Drosophila
item Farm bill. Labor, Efficiency, Automation, and Production: Labor, Efficiency, Automation, and Production (LEAP) Nursery Crops Toward Sustainability
item Filling the Gaps in Boxwood Blight Research
item Functional Genomics, Genetic Improvement, and Sustainable Production of Nursery Crops
item Genetic Improvement of Small Fruits and Ornamental Plants to Enhance Traits Desirable to Consumers and Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stress
item Genetic Improvement of Woody Ornamental Plants for Resilient and Sustainable Landscapes
item Genomics and Transcriptomics of Priority Woody Nursery Crops
item Government Owned Vehicle and Equipment Use by Non-federal Employees for Collaborative Research
item Identification of Biological Targets and Application to Existing and Invasive Pests
item Identification of the Physiological Mechanism of Pheromone Biosynthesis in Thrips and Development of Biological Control Methods
item Identification of the Physiological Mechanisms of Pheromone Biosynthesis in Thrips and Development of Biological Control Methods for Pest Thrips
item Identification, Mapping and Risk Prediction of Whitefly- and Thrips-transmitted Viruses in Fruiting Vegetables in Florida
item Implementation of a Computational Pipeline for Detection of Viruses Using High Throughput Sequence Data
item Improvement of Imported Fire Ant Quarantine Treatments to Enhance Certification of Field-Grown Nursery Plants
item Improvement of Pheromone Synthesis for Commercialization to Manage Cucurbit Pests
item Improving Plant Biosecurity Through Genomic Approaches for Emerging Plant Pathogens
item Improving Plant Health in Nursery Production Through Genomic Approaches
item Increase the Profitability of U.S. Flowering Crops by Increasing Plant Health
item Increasing the Sensitivity and Reliability of Detecting Select Agent Pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 Biovar 2 in Latently Infected Geraniums
item Influence of Pathogen Genotypes and Environment on Boxwood Blight
item Integrated AI-Driven Systems for Invasive Pest Monitoring and Management in Subtropical Agriculture
item Integrated Pest Management of Invasive Pests for Subtropical Agriculture in Florida
item Integration of Intelligent Spray Technology into IPM Programs in Specialty Crop Production
item Integration of Sensor-Vision Guided Precision Spray Systems for Sustainable Crop Production and Protection
item Investigating the Feasibility of Utilizing Stereo Vision Systems in Variable Rate Application Systems for Specialty Crops
item Knowledge Based Tools for Exotic and Emerging Diseases of Small Fruit and Nursery Crops
item Manage, Expand, and Evaluate the U.S. National Collection of Temperate-adapted Woody Landscape Plant Germplasm and Associated Descriptive Data
item Management of Crop Genetic Resources and Descriptive Information
item March of the Mutants: Assessing Fitness of Fungicide-Resistant Botrytis for Improved Gray Mold Management in Blueberries
item Measuring the Impact of Egg Parasitoids on Emerald Ash Borer and Other Agrilus pests in Georgia
item Measuring the Impact of Egg Parasitoids on Emerald Ash Borer and Other Agrilus pests in Louisiana
item Measuring the Impact of Egg Parasitoids on Emerald Ash Borer and Other Agrilus Pests in the U.S.
item Measuring the Impact of Egg Parasitoids on Emerald Ash Borer and Other Agrilus pests in the U.S.
item Minor Use Pesticide – Food/Ornamentals
item Minor Use Pesticide Testing on Floral and Nursery Crops
item Mitigation of Domestic, Exotic, and Emerging Diseases of Subtropical and Temperate Horticultural Crops
item Modeling Spray Droplet Movements Discharged From Intelligent Sprayers Used in Specialty Crop Production
item Monitoring of Pathogens of Floricultural Crops Pre- and Post-harvest Using Metagenomic Diagnostics
item National Clean Plant Network
item Nematode, Disease, Weed, and Mite Control on Minor Food Crops and Ornamentals
item New Molecular and Genetic Tools to Select Trees and Plants Better Adapted to Changing Environmental Conditions in the Southeastern United States
item Novel Biologically-Based Control Method for Invasive Insect Pests
item Novel Biologically-Based Control Method for Invasive Insect Pests
item Novel Detection, Sampling, Surveillance, and Epidemiological Modeling Tools to Mitigate Critical Diseases of Horticultural Crops
item Novel Management Strategies for Invasive Pests, Plant Diseases, and Bee Pollinators of Horticultural and Nursery Crops in the southeastern United States
item Partnership to characterize and conserve Persea
item Phytophthora ramorum Genomics, Monitoring and Management
item Plant-Parasitic Nematodes of the Pacific Northwest Nursery Industry
item Pomace-Derived Antifungal Extracts for Disease Management in Strawberries
item Predicting Smoke Exposure in Vineyards
item Protecting the Ornamental Horticulture Industry from Species of Phytophthora
item Rearing, Identification, and Evaluation of Emerald Ash Borer Larval Parasitoid Spathius agrili Collected from its Established Areas
item Resilient and Sustainable Biologically Based Control Strategies for Exotic Whitefly and Subtropical Invasive Pests of Vegetables and Ornamental Plants
item Sensor Fusion-Guided Variable-Rate Intelligent Spraying System for Precision Fruit Crop Load Management
item Suppressing a Major Threat to Strawberry Production in the United States: Epidemiology, Detection, and Strategic Management of Neopestalotiopsis
item Survey and recovery of native North American parasitoids attacking the invasive Asian longhorned beetle in South Carolina
item Sustainable Management of Arthropod Pests in Horticultural Crops
item Sustainable, Climate-Smart Solutions for Profitable Production of Small Fruit and Nursery Crops
item Sustaining Productivity and Ecosystem Services of Agricultural and Horticultural Systems in the Southeastern United States
item Sustaining the ARS Biocollections Portal
item Technical Support for New Test Material of ISO sprayer Cleanout Standard
item Testing Sterile Males for Controlling Spotted-wing Drosophila
item Understanding the Overwintering Biology, Host Selection Dynamics, and Population Distribution of the Two Spot Cotton Leafhopper (Amrasca biguttula)
item Using Plant Pathogen Prevalence and Biology to Inform Disease Control for Nursery Crops
item Whole Genome Sequencing for Epidemiology, Population Structure, and Fungicide Resistance of Botrytis spp. in the Pacific Northwest